Monarch

On the Pacific Crest Trail, everyone gets a trail name - and a chance to become someone new. But if everyone around you is pretending, how do you really know who you're walking into the wilderness with? And what's to stop someone from vanishing completely?

Check out Monarch's live performance of a brand-new murder mystery episode, featuring Boise storytelling legends Austin Von Johnson, Jessica Holmes, Jamie Logan, Mason Dodson, Halaia Barnett and Justin Paulson. Written and directed (live!) by Laura Munsil.

Monarch is a 13-episode supernatural narrative fiction podcast set in the world of long-distance backpacking. Learn more at monarchcast.com.

Monarch’s journey ends. Not with a bang, but with breakfast at a hermitage.

STARRING:

Laura Munsil as Monarch

Michael Hart as Max

Tate McCullough as Doug the Hermit

Chance Owen as Freeman

Joshua Malloy as Uribe

SOUND DESIGN & THEME BY:

Nile Popchock

FEATURING AN ORIGINAL COMPOSITION BY:

Nile Popchock

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Monarch thaws out in the Gila River Wilderness in New Mexico.

The serenity of the Gila lulls her into quiet reflection, until she notices she’s being followed.

Everything echoes in a canyon.

STARRING:

Laura Munsil as Monarch

Austin Von Johnson as Jules

Chelsea Smith as Anna

James Logan as Sharpshooter

Michael Hart as Max

SOUND DESIGN & THEME BY:

Nile Popchock

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Website: monarchcast.com

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In the San Juan Mountains, Monarch finds shelter in a yurt.

She sees a pika, hears a wolf, and sings with a chorus of cows.

Will it ever stop snowing?

SOUND DESIGN & THEME BY:

Nile Popchock

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Monarch hikes through Rocky Mountain National Park, and notices that winter has arrived - early.

A small-town waitress makes sure everyone knows who’s boss, and a run-in at an outhouse leaves Monarch feeling uneasy.

In Salida, Monarch thinks about exits.

STARRING:

Laura Munsil as Monarch

Christian Prior as Stone

Katie Preston as Minnie

Jessica Holmes as Sheila

Halaia Barnett as Jess

Austin Von Johnson as Jules

SOUND DESIGN & THEME BY:

Nile Popchock

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Website: monarchcast.com

Instagram: monarchpodcast

TikTok: monarchpodcast

YouTube: monarchpodcast